update

update
updatable, adj.updater, n.
v. /up dayt", up"dayt'/; n. /up"dayt'/, v., updated, updating, n.
v.t.
1. to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date, as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
2. Computers. to incorporate new or more accurate information in (a database, program, procedure, etc.).
3. to bring (a person, organization, etc.) up to date on a particular subject: The magazine article will update you on the international situation.
n.
4. an act or instance of updating: to make an update in a financial ledger.
5. information or data used in updating.
6. an updated version, model, or the like.
[1940-45; UP- + DATE1]

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